CG 58 arriving for Mardi Gras

The Coast Guard is providing free public tours aboard the CG Cutter Jacob Poroo during the Mardi Gras celebration Feb. 10-11 in Mobile, Ala. The tour timelines are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Feb. 10) and 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. (Feb. 11) at the Gulf Coast Museum on Water Street downtown. The Jacob Poroo is one of the CG’s newest cutters, commissioned in December 2017. It is currently stationed in Pascagoula, Miss., and is an Eighth Coast Guard District HQ asset. (Source: CG Eight District 02/05/18) UPDATE: The Navy's USS Philippine Sea (CG 58), a Flight II Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser homeported in Mayport, Fla., will be welcomed to Mobile's Mardi Gras public celebration on Friday, Feb. 9, at 11 a.m. at the Alabama state dock's Pier 2 terminal, Gates open at 9:30 a.m.